Vanilla Sky
Cast
Tom Cruise as David Aames
Pen�lope Cruz as Sofia Serrano
Cameron Diaz as Julie Gianni
Kurt Russell as Dr. Curtis McCabe
Jason Lee as Brian Shelby
Directed by
Cameron Crowe
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8/10. Vanilla Sky takes you on a ride that may look like other mind-benders
like Mulholland Drive and Solaris, but this one tries to give you
answers. The beginning may be slow, but soon you'll be on the ride of
your life.
Tom Cruise is David Aames, multimillionaire playboy. He inherited
three magazines from his late father, and lives the high life. He's
friends with Brian (Jason Lee) and keeps up a strictly play
relationship with Julie Gianni (Cameron Diaz). Soon, however, Brian
introduces Sofia (Penelope Cruz) to David, and Julie's upset, so
what's to do? Drive off a bridge and kill herself, while just
injuring David. His life, however, becomes a mix of reality and
imagination, between dreams and actual happenings.
If you want a light, easygoing, crowd pleasing flick that gives you
all the answers and wraps the ending in a nice little package with a
bow and express ships it to your heart, don't look here. If, however,
you want an intellectual film that's both straightforward and
confusing, this is a good movie. From swift camera movements to
perfect modern music, this movie has it all.
Tom Cruise (who, when in his mask and for a lot of the film, reminded
me of Kevin Bacon in Hollow Man) did a good job of being a cocky
millionaire who gets everything. Of course, to do that, he doesn't
have to act much. Cruz, who starred in the original Abre Los Ojos,
which this is a remake of, also worked well and had chemistry with
Cruise. Diaz, although her part was small, did the best she could do,
which was a lot. Kurt Russell, who plays a shrink, did a great job,
too, but I wish he was billed before Diaz, because he had more screen
time.
I really wish I had more to say about Vanilla Sky, but there isn't. I
found myself liking this experience more each minute. It did start
off slowly, but soon gained pace. I do wish, however, that I could
more easily tell between David's dreams and reality. Besides that, it
was a very good movie.
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Rated R for sexuality and strong language.
Running time: 135 minutes
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